He is a Canadian National that lived in Vancouver, Canada. He called his mother from Miami on August 15, 1980 to arrange for her to pick him up at the bus terminal upon his arrival to Vancouver. Sandy returned his rental car to Hertz at Miami International Airport on August 17,1980 and was supposed to board Eastern Airlines flight to Seattle on the same day. The initial investigator assigned to the case, verified the passenger log and determined Sandy never made the flight. He has not been seen since.

Very strange that this disappearance happened in such a small window of time--- between dropping off the rental and the flight. I wonder what time he dropped off the car and the time his flight was leaving. How much time between the two? Maybe he met someone in the rental car place (another customer?) and he took off with them for some reason. It turned out to be his worst nightmare. Just a thought.

How close is the rental place to the beach? Could he have decided to take one last swim and drowned in the ocean? It may sound way out of the box, but we do have a lot of people drown around where I live so it often comes up as a possibility in my thought process.

Strange case. No info out there on google or archives about him missing. There where a few foreign tourist murders in Miami that made big news between 1987-1993. No missing or homicides in the news I could find in 1980 although there was a news article about a miami dade officer shooting a PA tourist later in 1980 who was acting bizarre.

Also, do we know for sure that his first name is actually Sandy. With my daughters in the pipe (bagpipe) band locally we have known many older gentleman from Canada named Sandy and usually it is short for Alexander. Makes me wonder if that was his name or nickname.

Also, do we know for sure that his first name is actually Sandy. With my daughters in the pipe (bagpipe) band locally we have known many older gentleman from Canada named Sandy and usually it is short for Alexander. Makes me wonder if that was his name or nickname.

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That was the name that the detective gave me...? I assumed it was his legal name...

Also, do we know for sure that his first name is actually Sandy. With my daughters in the pipe (bagpipe) band locally we have known many older gentleman from Canada named Sandy and usually it is short for Alexander. Makes me wonder if that was his name or nickname.

This is my first post and English is not my primary language, so please bear with me. According to the airport website and Wikipedia, Eastern Air Lines used Concourses C and D but eventually Concourse C was demolished and Concourse D is now part of the North Terminal. The current Hertz Rent A Car is across S Le Jeune Road, East of the Airport but there have been many modifications to that area throughout the years. The Airport itself is not near a beach. August 18 1980 was on a Sunday and I found a UPI note for Monday saying that three men had been arrested the day before for an attempted hijacking at one of the Eastern Air Lines gates. Should I cut and paste the news or only provide the link?